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The 2024 New York Mets will play a minimum of yet another sport.
Facing elimination in opposition to a Dodgers crew that has overpowered them to this point, the Mets introduced out the bats at residence Friday to win Game 5 of the NLCS 12-6.
With the win, the Mets averted elimination and getting swept in all three video games of the sequence at residence.
Down 3-2 within the sequence, the Mets will return to Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles for Game 6 needing two straight wins to advance to the World Series. The Dodgers solely have to win one sport.
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Pete Alonso golfed an early three-run homer, and the Mets hammered an ineffective Jack Flaherty, extending the National League Championship Series.
Starling Marte had three doubles, 4 hits and three RBIs for New York. Francisco Alvarez broke out of a droop with three hits, together with an RBI single in a five-run third inning. Francisco Lindor and Jesse Winker every laced an RBI triple.
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After getting blown out in three of the primary 4 video games, together with the earlier two nights at residence, the wild-card Mets saved their season for the second time in these playoffs — each with the assistance of a three-run shot by Alonso.
A fan holds an indication throughout Game 3 of the National League Championship Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets at Citi Field Oct. 16, 2024, in New York City. (Elsa/Getty Images)
Sean Manaea is anticipated to start out for New York on 5 days relaxation, whereas the Dodgers are prone to go together with one other bullpen sport due to a skinny rotation decimated by accidents.
With a chance to pitch his hometown crew into the World Series, Flaherty flopped. After throwing seven shutout innings of two-hit ball in a Game 1 win, he fell behind 3-0 4 batters in when Alonso launched a low slider 432 ft to heart discipline for his fourth homer this postseason.
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Alonso, poised to grow to be a prized free agent this fall, additionally related on a go-ahead shot with the Mets going through elimination in Game 3 of their wild-card sequence in Milwaukee. That one was extra dramatic, coming with New York trailing 2-0 and right down to its remaining two outs within the ninth.
But, as soon as once more, Alonso went deep to assist lengthen his tenure in a Mets uniform.
Flaherty allowed eight runs and eight hits in three innings. He did not strike out a batter for the primary time since a September 2022 sport with St. Louis in opposition to Pittsburgh.
After hanging out 12 occasions Thursday evening, the Mets didn’t whiff as soon as in Game 5.
New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso hits a single within the eighth inning in opposition to the Los Angeles Dodgers throughout Game 5 of the NLCS within the 2024 MLB playoffs at Citi Field. (Brad Penner/Imagn Images)
Handed an 8-1 lead, New York starter David Peterson was unable to make it by the fourth.
Dodgers rookie Andy Pages homered twice and drove in 4 runs. Mookie Betts went deep for the second consecutive sport, serving to Los Angeles minimize an eight-run deficit to 10-6.
But then relievers Ryne Stanek and Edwin Díaz settled issues down, and the Mets put it away. Stanek labored a career-high 2⅓ innings for the victory, and Díaz acquired six outs with out allowing a run.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
